Worthy

Famous quotes containing the word worthy:

“Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

“In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.”
—Jay Dratler, U.S. screenwriter, Samuel Hoffenstein (1889–1947)

“The expressions of the poet cannot be analyzed; his sentence is one word, whose syllables are words. There are indeed no words quite worthy to be set to his music. But what matter if we do not hear the words always, if we hear the music?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)